Photography – Page 46 – Poetry, Short Prose and Walking

As Summer Fades

Dale offers the prompt “as summer fades” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Focus on Yellow Blossom — Yellow Blossom

Crabapple Droplet Blur — Crabapple Droplets

Samuel had no idea why he accepted the invitation to his friend’s wedding. He had long ago psyched out his former classmates whom he expected to be there as terminally weird. However, after the ceremony and dinner as the dancing began he saw something bubble over in their eyes he hadn’t noticed before. They suddenly weren’t the certifiable psychos he remembered them to be, but rather huggable people.

In the morning Samuel’s memories of the party faded into his intellectual reconstructions of nonreality. But even after he drank a full cup of strong coffee his newfound love for all of them refused to capitulate to the nuttiness of his own mind.

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Denise offers the prompt word ” cup” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Passing—Ovi Poetry Challenge

In passing I would have to say
that love is all that counts today.
If other stuff gets in the way,
repent: avoid the fall.

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Ronovan Hester offers the word “passing” to be used as inspiration for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

Psalm 136:1

Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.

*Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com*

In the Evening

Dale offers the prompt “in the evening” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Although they are after sunset, they are not long after sunset as the full moon is just beginning to rise in the sky in the East.

Taste—Ovi Poetry Challenge

My taste is what I’ve learned to crave,
but all that’s over in the grave.
“So, what about me would you save?”
I asked the preacher man.

He said my spirit most of all
so crippled by the early fall
and then the rest: “Hear Him call?”
It’s now my turn to speak.

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Ronovan Hester offers “taste” as the word of inspiration for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Posted also on Poet’s Corner.

Ephesians 2:10

Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.

In Motion

Dale offers the prompt “in motion” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. The first thing I thought of were birds.

Extract—Six Sentence Story

Timothy sensed he was talking himself into a corner without knowing how to extract himself except through silence.

He was getting the philosophy all wrong. He was getting the theology all wrong. He was getting the science all wrong.

In spite of all that, he was grateful no one actually complained while he talked to himself on the beach waiting for the sun to rise. When the sun came up, on time as always, he understood that the Lord still loved him in spite of everything and that had been an lot of messed up everything, but all was well again.

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Denise offers the prompt word “extract” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

I recently published an illustrated collection of stories many of which originated from these Six Sentence Story prompts. To download a free pdf copy of it, check out Stars and Stories.